Mt. Pleasant News

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News The Henry County Sheriff's Office has three big items in their budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year that will increase the bottom line, including mental health treatment for inmates at the jail.*In presenting his budget to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Jan. 23, Sheriff Rich McNamee said that there are a lot of gray areas this year as plans for the new jail get underway. ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Alaine Geeding's goal during the community theatre rehearsal on Tuesday, Jan. 16, was to get some of the choreography right as she belted out the lyrics to ?Holier Than Thou? from the musical Nunsense.Although Geeding is far from new to community theatre, dancing is not her forte, she said as she took notes over the steps. In fact, Geeding's first community theatre debut was ...

The snow was almost completely melted at Saunders Park where just a couple of weeks ago students were taking advantage of the last few days of winter vacation and sledding down the hill behind the bridge.

Mt. Pleasant residents took advantage of the spring-like temperatures on Monday, Jan. 22, by lining up at area car washes in order to scrub away every last remnant of winter. The weather would not last however. Temperatures began to drop later in the afternoon and by Tuesday morning, residents woke up to near freezing temperatures and a quick snow flurry.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Iowa State Patrol responded to a head-on collision on 220th St. on Monday, Jan. 22, around 8:45 a.m.Camden Linkin, 18, was traveling eastbound on 220th St. when he drifted over the centerline, striking Valerie Harmon, 66, in a white minivan, who was traveling westbound.Harmon's 2011 Chrysler minivan landed in the ditch, while the front end of Linkin's 2007 Ford Focus was ...

By David Hotle, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON ? While not everyone who took a ticket to talk during the first of three legislative briefings held Saturday got the chance to do so due to time constraints, issues that did come up included school funding, health care and funding of retirement benefits in the wake of tax reform.For two hours, State Representatives Jarad Klein (R-Keota) and Dave Heaton ...

By Karyn Spory, Mt. Pleasant News Bob Daniels has attended the Mt. Pleasant Artifact Show since its inception about 20 years ago. His passion for Iowa's archaeological artifacts, however, began nearly 60 years ago when he first started hunting arrowheads on his grandmother's property.?My grandmother had a few arrowheads and I always liked them,? Daniels said. ?So I started looking at the ground trying to find ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? The whirl of chain saws could be heard over the MedForce helicopter landing as a man was extracted from a fallen tree in New London on Friday, Jan. 19.Nathan Burden, 34, was cutting down a tree by himself behind his home at Penn Ave. Unit 2643 when it fell, pinning him between the tree and the stump. Burden had a cellphone on him and called 911 at 9:13 a.m.Ryan ...

Mt. Pleasant residents were greeted with spring-like temperatures Monday morning, as it was 52 degrees even before 7 a.m. However, the warm weather is not expected to last as temperatures will dip back into the 40s in the afternoon.

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Robyn Meierotto, whom you may know from Sip.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? No, I'm from rural West Point, but I do enjoy working here.What is your favorite part of working here? I like the ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Budget proposals for the 2018-2019 fiscal year continued during the Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18, with the Conservation Department, Midwest Old Threshers and the Henry County Historic Preservation Commission giving their annual reports.As the Conservation Department prepares to open two new cabins in the next fiscal year, they have amended the budget an ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News WAYLAND ? Wayland's City Council welcomed a new member and made committee, officer and commission appointments during its regular meeting Jan. 17.Kathie Grimm was appointed to the council to fill the vacancy created when Greg Fort resigned his seat to assume the mayoral post.Council committee, officer and commission appointments and reappointments were as follows:Council ...